Article carrier



Oct. 14, 1930.

J. F, MADDOCKS ET AL ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Aug. 1, 1929 Patented Oct. 14, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN F. MADDOCKS AND RALIH H. WHITMAN, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND ARTICLE CARRIER Application fi1ed August 1, 1929. Serial No. 382,736.

This invention relates to article carriers, and more particularly to a novel form of device adapted for serving ice cream cones or similar articles.

It is the common practice for soda fountains and similar stores to provide what is known as curb servers wherein the drivers of motor vehicles may park on the street in front of a store and have sodas, ice cream cones and the like served to them without the necessity of their leaving the vehicles. It is necessary, inthe case of ice creani cones, to provide some means for carrying the cones When two or more are ordered, and carriers of this character also are employed in baseball parks and similar places for the same purposes.

An important object of the present invention is'to provide a simple and cheaply manufactred device to facilitate the serving of *ice cre'am cones and similar articles.

A further object is to provide a device of the character referred to which is of such character that two or more of the articles Inay be connected together without the use of fastening means of anykind when it is necessary to serve more than tWo cones at a time.

,A further objectis to provide a device of the character referred to which may be readily and cheaply manufactmed of cardboard, fiber"board orsimilar material, and which readily may be utilized as an advertising medium for ice cream manufacturers, the 'proprietors of soda fountains, etc.

A urther object is to provide an ice cream corde carrier having a pair of openings therein to receive the lower ends of cones and proadapted to receive the handle of.another carrier whereby tWo or"more carriers may be employed at one time for serving more than two cones.

v Other objects and advantagesof the inven- -1 tion will become apparent during the course of the following description.

' In the drawings we have shown one embodi' ment of tire invention. 'In'this showing,

Figure 1 is a plan view showing two of the carriers connected to each other,

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 8 is a perspective VieW o:E one of the carriers in use, and,

Figure 4: is a section on line 44: of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 designates each of a pair of carriers adapted to be connected together in a manner to be referred to to permit the serving of four ice cream cones, and as Will become apparent, more of the devices are adapted to be connected together when a larger number of cones are to be served. Each carrier comprises a body or shank portion indicated as a whole by the numeral 11, and the shank is providedwith opposite laterally extending portions 12, as shown in Figures 1 and 3. One end of the shank projects a substantial distance beyond the lateral portions 12, as indicated at 13 and the portion 13 serves as a handle for carrying the device, and also partly as means for connecting one carrier to another carrier when desired. The body or shank 11 is turned downwardly at its edge portions as at 14 and at its free end as at 14: to strengthen the device longitudinally to prevent it from buckling in use.

Each laterally projecting portion 12 is provided With an opening 15 adapted to receive the lower end of an ice cream cone 16, as inclicated in Figure 3. Each opening 15 is preferably circular in shape and is surrounded by a stiflening bead 17 curved in cross section as indicated in Figure 4, to provide the laterally projecting portions of the device with suitable strength to prevent any buckling action. r

The shank 11 has the end thereof opposite the handle 13 terminating inwardly of the extremities of the laterally projecting portiens 12, as indicated at 18, and the outer portion of the device is depr'essed to form a connecting strip 19 defining, in connection with the end 18 of the shank 11, an opening 20'for the reception of the handle of another carrier. The shanks 11 are preferably slight ly tapered to decrease in width toward the handle portions thereof, and accordingly the handle of one carrier is adapted to be inserted in the opening 20 of another carrier and 'to fit snugly within the side fianges 14 of the latter.

For the purpose of additionally strengthening the device, the laterally* projecting portions 12 may be connected to the shank 11 by curved portions 21, as ind1cated in Figure 8, and the opposite sides of the 0011- 7 neotii1g strip 19 preferablyterminate in outwardl diverging shoulders 22 to accom-, modate the curved shape 21 of the laterally projecting portions 12, v,

The operation of the device is as folloWs:

WVhen only one or twoice cream cones are to be. served. a single carrier may be employed as Willbe obvious. If three or four cones are ordered by customers, the handle 13 of one-cf the carriers may be inserted through the opening 20 of another carrier,

and thus Will be received within the shank of thelatter carrier. Thus two carriers Will loe connected together to permit three or four cones to be served at one time. It Will -oe apparent that the carriers Will be rigidly j supported with respect to each other without the use of any connecting means and they readily may be detached When desired. It also 'W1ll be apparent that any number of the carriers may be similarly connected together according to the number ofcones to be served.

For the sake of ec ononiy in manufacture,

. the'devices are preferably made of cardboard,

fiberboarid or siniilar material, and since the carriers are exact duplicats ci each other, all of theni may be readily and quickly;manu- -factured from a single set of dies; The cross sectional shapes of the shank 11 and the beads 17' of each of the carriers serves to greatlyflstifen the device'to permit the use of cheapfimaterial ofthe' character referred As previousiy stated, the device may be -used as an advertising medium, and its use for this purpose is renclered more desirable. by the .fact that it is readily Subject to 'cheap quantity production. ,Accorclingly.the advertisements of ice cream m'anufacturers the proprietors of soda fountins, etc., may be 'P Or s amped up0n'thafupper faces of thetshankS 1 A y It is to be understood that the form of the 7 invention herewith shown and described is to'bet aken as a preerred example' of the ,sa1ne and that var1ous changes in the shape,

; size and arrangement of parts m2ty-bere- Sortedto withOut departing from the 'spirit' *of the: invention or thescope of the subjoihed 'claims. Weclaim:

1.*A device of the character describd compriSing a .bOdy having a longitudinally projecting handle at one end thereof and center of said body, the last named end of said body being provided with a transverse strip verticlly oifset with respect to the adjacent end of said handle to forman opening between said strip and said handle to receive the handle of a similar body in serted therein whereby the last named bOdy will be supported by the first named loody.

3. A device of the character deScribed com- .prising a body formed of sheet material having a handle projecting from one end thereof and provided with an article receiving open ing, the opposite edge portions of said handle being turned downwardly to form reinforc ing ribs, the other end of saidbody being provided with an opening adapted to receive 7 the hahdle of a similar body inserted therethrough, the handle of the second named body being adapted to fit within and beneath the handle of the first named body.

4.. A device of the cha1*acterdesoribed comprisingab0dy formed of sheet material having a longitudinally prOjectinghandle at one end thereof and article recei ving openings adjacent. the other end -spaced on opposite sides ofthe longitudinal center of said body, the opposite edge portions of saicl handle be ing turned downwardly t0 forin reinforcing ribs, the second named end of saidbodybeing provided With an opening adapted to receive the handle of a similar body insertecl therethrough, the handleof the. second named body being adapted to fit within and beneath the handleof the firstnuned body.

5. A device of the character described conflprising a body having' a handle projecting fromone end=thereof, the other end of.said

. body being providd With an openingadapt- ,ed to receive the handle of a similar body in-' serted therein wherebysaid first named body is adapted to support said second named bod, said first named body beingprovided with an annular bead 'stamped fr'om theplane thereoi and de'fining an'article receiVing opening.

"6. A deVice ofthe cliaracter described coin prising a body having' a longitudinally proj ecting haridle at one' endthereof andarticle receiving openings atvthe other end spaced on opposite sides of the longitudinal center -of said body, said body being provided with stamped 1ip beads defining said openings,the

lest named end of said body beng provided with an opening adapted to receve the hand1e of a similar body inserted therethrough, the handle of said second named body being adapted to fit within and beneath the handle of the first named body.

7. A device of the character descrbed comprisng a body having a longitudinally projecting handle at one end thereof tapered slightly to decrease in width toward its enter end, said body being provided adjacent its opposite end with article receving openngs spaced on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of said body, and being provided with 'an openng adapted to receive the handle of a similar body inserted therethrough, the

handle of each body being provided at its edge portions With downturned reinforeing ribs whereby the handle of the second named body is adapted to fit withn and beneath the handle of the first named body.

8. A device of the cheracter described comprsing a body having a longitudinafly projectng handle at one end thereof tapered .slghtly to decreztse in width toward its enter end and provided at its edges wth clown turned reinforcing rbs slightly convergng toward the free end of said handle, said body'being further provided adjacent ts opposite end with annuler reinforcing beads spaoed on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of said body t0 define article receiving openings, the last named end of said body beng provided wth a transverse strip ofi'set below the adjacent end of said handle to form therewith an opening to receive the handle of a similar body inserted therethrough, the handle of said second named body beng adapted to fit Withi1i and beneath the handle of the first named body.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signaturcs.

' JOHN F. MADDOCKS. RALPH H. WHITMAN. 

